Willsmere Station Community Garden in Kew, Victoria | Community group

Willsmere Station Community Garden

Locality: Kew, Victoria

Address: Earl Street 3101 Kew, VIC, Australia

Website: www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/about-council/projects-and-major-works/willsmere-station-community-garden

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25.01.2022 One of our lovely gardeners has left some tomatillo plants on the tables in the garden if anyone would like some please help yourselves!

23.01.2022 Get a head start on the know how...

23.01.2022 Windy and wet weather didn’t stop the gardening! Thank you to everyone that came along to our first working bee on Saturday!

22.01.2022 You can now access documents about the garden including membership form, garden rules etc from this dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com//mlraqk/AAB-59h1PsqIvSDbyqCmi8jya

21.01.2022 Willsmere Station Community Garden set to open! Spring is in the air and the garden will soon be open! Although we are yet to have a definite date for the hand-over of the garden, we are in close communication with Boroondara Council about next steps, and we're pleased to report that within the next month, there will be significant activity taking place as plot holders take ownership of their plots and get busy planting.... Those that are not plot holders, there are still plenty of ways in which you can be involved in the garden. By joining as a general member (available in full, group and concession options) you do not hold a plot but have access to communal areas, can participate in maintaining the Food Forest and shared plots along with sharing in the harvest from these areas. General members are required to attend one working bee, at which you will be inducted. Youll also be entitled to vote. We would also welcome your input as a valued member of our Committee of Management. The Committee is made up of volunteers who have planned the garden over an extended period with Boroondara Council. Once the garden has opened officially, strategic planning for the garden's medium to long term future will begin. If you're interested in contributing your skills, ideas and experience to this committee, please contact us on [email protected] We need a combination of office bearers (convenor, deputy convenor, treasurer and secretary), and ordinary members to ensure the viability of the garden is maintained. It's a fantastic opportunity to meet like-minded local people who have a passion for the community, for gardening, for sustainability and the business of growing stuff! Formal nominations for the office bearing roles will take place at our first AGM in March 2020, although you are welcome to join the committee as an ordinary member before that date. You can access the WSCG model rules and WSCG Management Plan via our new Facebook group Willsmere Station Community Garden for more information. We hope to continue to grow with our community of gardeners, and look forward to seeing you in or around the garden soon!

21.01.2022 Have you got some producing growing in your plot or home garden that you wish to swap? Bulleen Art and Garden have their monthly Vegie Swap on this Saturday!

20.01.2022 We are really excited to see construction of the new community garden beginning. It is going to be a beautiful, productive garden and community space and we are looking forward to seeing it grow with the community. As you will be aware, throughout the planning and design process, the garden has been referred to as the Earl Street Community Garden. Following discussion with the community working group we are proposing to adopt the name Willsmere Station Community Garden. In... naming the garden Willsmere Station Community Garden, we hope to help foster a strong sense of place for the community and garden users. The name reflects the locations links to Boroondaras past and the historic train station, which was part of the old steam era Outer Circle Rail Line which ran for three years between 1890 and 1893. Additionally the completed garden will have its entrances on Carnegie Avenue and Willsmere Road rather than Earl Street. We hope you share in our excitement in the lead up to the completion of this garden.

20.01.2022 In case you wanted to go in the ballot for a plot in the garden please send us a private message for more details. The ballot will close on 3rd June so please get in well before that! Thank you!In case you wanted to go in the ballot for a plot in the garden please send us a private message for more details. The ballot will close on 3rd June so please get in well before that! Thank you!

19.01.2022 Wonderful to see the garden so busy this morning! We’ve got some general members starting work on plot #1 - if you are a general member and keen to get involved post to the comments and we will get you connected!

19.01.2022 If anyone finds this shoes mate please leave it by the sink and let us know so we can get them back together. Thanks

18.01.2022 IMPORTANT! The ballot for a plot is now open. If you would like further details on how to enter in the ballot for an individual plot or a community group plot please send us a PM and we will send further details. Please do this by 1st June. Thank you.

18.01.2022 The garden is coming soon! Plots are being built, shed is nearly done and fruit trees go in this weekend! We are thinking we might need some extra tools like shovels, rakes etc. If anyone wants to donate good quality working tools in good order (doesnt need to be brand new) we would be happy to receive them! PM us if youd like to donate.

17.01.2022 Wonderful to see the garden so busy this morning! Weve got some general members starting work on plot #1 - if you are a general member and keen to get involved post to the comments and we will get you connected!

16.01.2022 The ballot for plots for the Willsmere Station Community Garden has been drawn! At a WSCG committee meeting on Thursday 9 June an officer from Boroondara Council conducted a randomised ballot and drew 35 names from a list of 131 applications for plots. Both successful and unsuccessful applicants have been notified by email of the outcome.... Wed like to thank everyone for their support of, and interest in, this wonderful initiative. We have a great opportunity to create a beautiful and productive green space in our local area, which has benefits for everyone ... especially our environment. We'd also like to acknowledge that that garden is being built on land we do not own and we therefore acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia, including the Wurundjeri in the northern part of our City, as the original custodians of this land, and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. Please contact us via message if you have any questions about the ballot or wish to check your application status. We hope to provide more updates on the gardens progress soon, so stay tuned!

15.01.2022 Rushall Community Garden in Fitzroy North is holding their open day on Saturday 13th October...a great way to get some inspiration on what the earl street garden might be like in years to come...feel free to pop by. Details at: https://rushallgarden.wordpress.com/2018/09/24/__trashed/

14.01.2022 Nearly there! Cant wait for all of us to get our hands dirty and get some plants in for spring!!

14.01.2022 Do you have any old garden tools you no longer need? We are looking for old tools to be welded together to form decorative gates for the new garden. If you have any please let us know at [email protected]

12.01.2022 The garden is coming!! Building is definitely underway now!

12.01.2022 Hi Gardeners, Firstly a huge thank you to all that were involved in the working bee in the windy Saturday weather! Secondly, there is a committee meeting tonight at 7:30pm at Kew Neighbourhood Learning Centre 12 Derby St Kew - come inside and up the steps to the right to the room at the top of the steps. All members (plot holders and general members) are welcome to attend if you are interested in joining the committee (no pressure). ... There is now 2 more slots open for induction sessions over the next 2 weekends: Saturday 2/11/19 at 10:30am Saturday 9/11/19 at 2:30pm You can sign up via this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050844acae28a0f58-garden Thirdly, we are looking for donations of garden tools in good working order for the garden. We have some more but certainly not enough so any extras provided would be greatly appreciated! Thanks everyone! Great to see the garden have some life in it at last!

12.01.2022 Lots of people taking advantage of the weather and working in their gardens this weekend. One of our plot holders has some excess celery seedlings - they are in the shed so please help yourself. Theyll need good watering until they have their roots down. ... Enjoy the sun today!

11.01.2022 An interim committee with elected officials needs to be established, which will ensure the legal process is followed in incorporating the association. Once the interim committee is elected, they will work to legally incorporate the garden. Then in 2019, a full-time garden management committee will be established. Calls for nominations for this will be made public in due course. If you are interested, please attend a meeting of the working group this week. Wednesday 31 October... Kew Library - Phyllis Hore room 7.00 - 9.00pm We will have an update from each sub committee and potentially a representative of Boroondara Council (tbc).

10.01.2022 Please join our new group where you can post and share photos etc. just search Willsmere Station Community Garden and look for the profile photo below. This current page will be closed off as a facebook "group" is a better set up for the needs we have. Please let us know if you are having any problems. ... Cheers, Susie

10.01.2022 Looking lovely a green now!

10.01.2022 Plots are starting to be built! Its all systems go! Should have the garden ready for moving in end of July! If you want to go in the ballot for a plot there is still time. Send us a PM for details.

08.01.2022 Windy and wet weather didnt stop the gardening! Thank you to everyone that came along to our first working bee on Saturday!

07.01.2022 Have you walked past the garden recently? Its getting so close to handover!

06.01.2022 Hi Community Garden enthusiasts! This event may interest you... https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/insights-from-one-researche

05.01.2022 Woohoo construction starts next week!!

05.01.2022 The works are well and truely coming along! This mornings update...

04.01.2022 A windy day but the first of the garden inductions are under way! Great to meet some of the eager gardeners!

03.01.2022 Are you a general member of the garden? Would you like to get your hands in the dirt? Come down to the garden on Saturday January 11th @ 10am and we will chat about planting out plot #1 which is allocated to our general members. Please visit our new group page (profile photo below) and comment on the post similar to this to let us know you can make it!

02.01.2022 24 hours until the ballot closes for a plot in the garden - PM us ASAP if you need details of how to enter.24 hours until the ballot closes for a plot in the garden - PM us ASAP if you need details of how to enter.

01.01.2022 Close enough that maybe the bees might visit us? Or maybe you just want the chance to get some tips from Costa?

01.01.2022 Read about where the garden progress is at on this page... https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au//earl-street-community-g